tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74000069263980746.post6331417762475550471..comments2015-02-21T11:54:02.036-05:00Comments on Observations: Pity or Compassion -- what would you want?Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419344655830579965noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74000069263980746.post-43514090792077088322009-03-13T14:55:00.000-04:002009-03-13T14:55:00.000-04:00I know exactly what you mean about handicapped acc...I know exactly what you mean about handicapped accessibility. My family has dealt with it for over 30 years, my younger brother was in a car accident over 30 years ago and was a quadriplegic for more than half his life - talk about handicap parking spaces and seeing people park a car and run to the store I take down license plate number and turn them in. Six months after my brother died my great niece was in a car accident and because a paraplegic. Now the family is going through it all over again and she is only 20 years old. My elderly mother in a wheelchair due to severe RA and osteoarthritis. Some families get hit with it all it seems - my heart is with your family and hope for a cure - we may be fighting for cures to different things but our family is praying with you.<BR/>Karen<BR/>http://karensquilting.com/blog/Karen - Quilts...etc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07293429657903986492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74000069263980746.post-19139535050882960182009-03-11T14:03:00.000-04:002009-03-11T14:03:00.000-04:00Dawn, you write such thoughtful posts. My best wis...Dawn, you write such thoughtful posts. My best wishes to you and Derrol. My friend Gary wrote a fine op ed, and I'm at a loss to understand why anyone wouldn't agree with him.<BR/><BR/>Bob<BR/>http://bobsanchez1.blogspot.comBob Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08350825385315155962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74000069263980746.post-57674333822580379012009-03-02T15:39:00.000-05:002009-03-02T15:39:00.000-05:00Well, you deserve praise and more, but I just wrot...Well, you deserve praise and more, but I just wrote the truth. If you hadn't fought for your own rights, our life would be much more difficult.<BR/><BR/>DawnDawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18419344655830579965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74000069263980746.post-35007867831017342842009-03-02T15:21:00.000-05:002009-03-02T15:21:00.000-05:00Thanks for reading the op/ed and understanding the...Thanks for reading the op/ed and understanding the motivation. Were it a longer piece, I think I would have said Lewis missed a chance to become a true American hero by not signing onto the disability activist movement in the 60s and 70s. If he had <I>listened and learned</I> when first approached, he could have advanced the movement tremendously. Maybe the ADA would have been passed decades earlier. <BR/><BR/>It is never good to believe in the rightness of everything we do, to believe our egocentricities reflect reality.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the praise.<BR/><BR/>GaryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513058592327921546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74000069263980746.post-73709264744551532162009-03-02T14:30:00.000-05:002009-03-02T14:30:00.000-05:00Okay, I give up. I keep trying to send a donation...Okay, I give up. I keep trying to send a donation to Team Goldsmith, but the ALS web site has me in an endless loop of registration and "Make a General Donation". :-P Are you still at the addy you used for CB? I think it would be simpler if I just sent a check.<BR/>I'm so sorry Derrol needs the wheelchair now. I know it's validation--I used to see the same attitudes directed at Teri, though for different health reasons. But you always hope the symptoms won't get that bad.<BR/>Much love to you both.Jean Marie Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06549107203357246640noreply@blogger.com